Whatcha reading redux.
-
Aglifter
- Posts: 8212
- Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:15 am
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Masochist... (I tried, gave up... Tried listening to it on CD after a friend gave up on that, and I was commuting long distances every weekend, and gave up...) Its actually fascinating, in conception, but has all the vitality and action of a breeding record of cattle... XYZ513 by PQR234 out of VGH987, etc, etc, etc...
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our Fortunes, & our sacred Honor
A gentleman unarmed is undressed.
Collects of 1903/08 Colt Pocket Auto
A gentleman unarmed is undressed.
Collects of 1903/08 Colt Pocket Auto
-
Rich
- Posts: 2592
- Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:11 pm
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Well, they do say the erogenous zone is between the ears.Chris: Normally, I'm one of them. I LOVE detail. I love digressions and side stories... but seriously, there's a point at which you are just intellectually masturbating.
A weak government usually remains a servant of citizens, while a strong government usually becomes the master of its subjects.
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
-
George guy
- Posts: 952
- Joined: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:53 pm
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
I just read After America (Mark Steyn). It's a bit depressing.
'Regulate' used to mean the opposite of 'constipate.'
-
HTRN
- Posts: 12403
- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:05 am
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Actually, he's an Airman Third class... The airship equivalent of a Bosun.Steamforger wrote:He's one of my favorite characters in the series and, if memory serves, a Machinists Mate to boot.
HTRN, I would tell you that you are an evil fucker, but you probably get that a lot ~ Netpackrat
Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
-
Jered
- Posts: 7859
- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:30 am
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Boston T. Party's Gun Bible.
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
-
Rich
- Posts: 2592
- Joined: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:11 pm
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Just finished Ring of Fire III. Group of short stories with some of the stories being kind of blah. The one that kind of stuck in my brain concerned the poet John Milton being thrown into prison because of what he did in the other time line (supported Oliver Cromwell).
With the dilemma of already reading what he wrote in the other time line before he wrote it in his own, the story depicts his despair and the changes he goes through before finding a solution.
YMMV.
With the dilemma of already reading what he wrote in the other time line before he wrote it in his own, the story depicts his despair and the changes he goes through before finding a solution.
YMMV.
A weak government usually remains a servant of citizens, while a strong government usually becomes the master of its subjects.
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
- paraphrased from several sources
A choice, not an echo. - Goldwater campaign, 1964
-
Jered
- Posts: 7859
- Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:30 am
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Not that this comes as a surprise...but...evan price wrote:Just starting Eric Flint's 1632. Looks promising in the two chapters I've read so far.
Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International was good enough that I ordered the next two.
[spoiler]Joe Buckley gets killed.[/spoiler]
The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.
-
randy
- Posts: 8354
- Joined: Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:33 pm
- Location: EM79VQ
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Ah yes, I was just re-readingJered wrote:Not that this comes as a surprise...but...evan price wrote:Just starting Eric Flint's 1632. Looks promising in the two chapters I've read so far.
Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International was good enough that I ordered the next two.
[spoiler]Joe Buckley gets killed.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]about the sudden demise of the SLNS Joesph Buckley[/spoiler]
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
-
Netpackrat
- Posts: 14007
- Joined: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:04 pm
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Well, based on the rousing reviews from Chris and Aglifter, Tolkien is still sitting on the coffee table, untouched for now. I'll dig into it eventually, but Meanwhile I've started into the Barsoom series of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Always meant to read them, and now that the movie is coming, I want to be able to nitpick it.
Cognosce teipsum et disce pati
"People come and go in our lives, especially the online ones. Some leave a fond memory, and some a bad taste." -Aesop
"People come and go in our lives, especially the online ones. Some leave a fond memory, and some a bad taste." -Aesop
-
Greg
- Posts: 8486
- Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:15 pm
Re: Whatcha reading redux.
Just finished Children of the Sky. I enjoy Vernor Vinge, but man does he write slow. I enjoyed it, BUT- it's not a small book, it took him many years to write and it's really not satisfying on its own because it reads like the (slow) first book of a trilogy.
[spoiler]And it's pretty obvious that at least some of the hardcore Deniers really mean it, that they're Own3d by the Blight[/spoiler]
Just started Neal Stephenson's latest, REAMDE. Loving it already.
Edit: Caught own typo.
[spoiler]And it's pretty obvious that at least some of the hardcore Deniers really mean it, that they're Own3d by the Blight[/spoiler]
Just started Neal Stephenson's latest, REAMDE. Loving it already.
Edit: Caught own typo.
Last edited by Greg on Sat Dec 31, 2011 4:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Maybe we're just jaded, but your villainy is not particularly impressive. -Ennesby
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr
If you know what you're doing, you're not learning anything. -Unknown
Sanity is the process by which you continually adjust your beliefs so they are predictively sound. -esr